Month: April 2006

Afghan poet Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost, after having been wrongly imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for three years, has been released. Now, he wants his poems back: The Americans can’t return the three years that Abdul Rahim...

Monday at the Froggy Bottom Cafe Fully caffeinated host on duty today! Newcomers welcome, please introduce yourselves. Newspapers are in their regular spot next to the door Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge from...

Eric Massa is a Fighting Dem, running for the House in New York state. “A Dem Party that is factionalized — grassroots versus organized leadership, Beltway versus outsiders, political pros versus upcoming novices,...

Guess what indicator predicted the last recessions? and guess which indicator the Federal Reserve has decided not to publish anymore? On March 23, 2006, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System will cease publication...

“[I]n times of crisis it’s interesting that people don’t turn to the novel or say, ‘We should all go out to a movie,’ or ‘Ballet would help us.’ It’s always poetry. What we want to...